Līga Dekmeijere

Līga Dekmeijere

Country (sports)	Latvia
Born	(1983-05-21) 21 May 1983 Riga, Latvia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Prize money	$488,572
Singles
Career record	181–281
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	287 (26 August 2002)
Doubles
Career record	295–327
Career titles	1 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	54 (5 April 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2010, 2011)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14–16

Līga Dekmeijere (born 21 May 1983) is a Latvian tennis player.

Dekmeijere has won one doubles title on the WTA tour, as well as 19 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 26 August 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 287. On 5 April 2010, she peaked at world number 54 in the doubles rankings.

Dekmeijere won her only WTA title at the 2008 Cachantún Cup, where she entered the doubles event with Poland's Alicja Rosolska, defeating Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff in the final.

Playing for Latvia at the Fed Cup, Dekmeijere has a win–loss record of 14–16.

WTA finals

Doubles (1–6)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Elite Trophy (1–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–1) International (1–5)

Finals by surface Hard (0–4) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 November 2005	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Ashley Harkleroad	Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	13 January 2006	Canberra International, Canberra, Australia	Hard	Claire Curran	Marta Domachowska Roberta Vinci	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner	1.	17 February 2008	Cachantún Cup, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Alicja Rosolska	Mariya Koryttseva Julia Schruff	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	20 June 2008	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Angelique Kerber	Marina Erakovic Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	19 April 2009	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay	Patty Schnyder	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	5.	15 January 2011	Hobart International, Hobart, Australia	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	25 August 2012	Texas Tennis Open, Dallas, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Marina Erakovic Heather Watson	6–3, 6–0

ITF finals (19–11)

Singles (0–1)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 October 2010	Williamsburg, United States	Clay	Lauren Davis	0–6, 0–6

Doubles (19–10)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (9–8) Clay (10–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	12 July 1999	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Liudmila Nikoyan	Ségolène Berger Victoria Courmes	6-7 (6) 6-3 6-3
Winner	2.	8 July 2001	Périgueux, France	Clay	Margit Rüütel	Kildine Chevalier Daniela Olivera	6–4 6–1
Winner	3.	29 July 2001	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Irina Kornienko	Chiaki Nakajima Ayako Suzuki	6-1 6-4
Winner	4.	11 November 2001	Le Havre, France	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Daniela Olivera Natacha Randriantefy	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	19 November 2001	Deauville, France	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Yvonne Doyle Eva Erbova	6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up	1.	15 October 2002	Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Yvonne Doyle	Amanda Hopmans Dragana Zarić	2–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	6 May 2003	Fukuoka, Japan	Clay	Nana Smith	Saori Obata Rika Fujiwara	6-2 2-6 6-4
Winner	7.	12 October 2003	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Bianka Lamade	Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes	6-1 6-2
Winner	8.	22 March 2004	Athens, Greece	Hard	Martina Müller	Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy	6-2 1-6 6-4
Winner	9.	23 May 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Rui Du Liu Nannan	4–6 6–4 7–6(1)
Winner	10.	30 May 2004	Tongliao, China	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova	7–5 7–6(5)
Runner-up	2.	13 June 2004	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	İpek Şenoğlu	Chuang Chia-jung Wynne Prakusya	3–6 1–6
Runner-up	3.	26 September 2004	Tunica, United States	Clay	Natallia Dziamidzenka	Tetiana Luzhanska Aneta Soukup	2-6, 1-6
Winner	11.	3 October 2004	Pelham, United States	Clay	Natallia Dziamidzenka	Sarah Riske Aleke Tsoubanos	6-3 6-1
Winner	12.	16 November 2004	Tucson, United States	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Krysty Marcio Jessica Nguyen	6-4 6-4
Winner	13.	30 November 2004	Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Nana Smith	Kelly McCain Kaysie Smashey	6-3 6-2
Winner	14.	12 June 2005	Marseille, France	Clay	Caroline Dhenin	Maria Fernanda Alves Marie-Ève Pelletier	6-2 1-6 6-2
Runner-up	4.	21 May 2006	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Chuang Chia-jung Napaporn Tongsalee	6-4 1-6 0-6
Runner-up	5.	23 May 2006	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Chuang Chia-jung Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-4 2-6 3-6
Runner-up	6.	9 June 2006	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Alicja Rosolska	Jarmila Gajdošová Akiko Morigami	3–6 6–7(3–7)
Winner	15.	29 September 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ayami Takase	Yurika Sema Mari Tanaka	7-6(7–3) 6-3
Winner	16.	19 October 2006	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Veronika Chvojková	Katie O'Brien Margit Rüütel	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	27 January 2007	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Natalie Grandin Raquel Kops-Jones	0–6 3–6
Runner-up	8.	20 Mar 2007	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates	Chanelle Scheepers Robin Stephenson	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	17 July 2007	Boston, United States	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Melinda Czink Natalie Grandin	1–6 3–6
Runner-up	10.	18 September 2007	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	Melinda Czink Angela Haynes	5–7 4–6
Winner	17.	28 September 2008	Ashland, United States	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 3–6, 10–8
Winner	18.	13 March 2011	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Kimberly Couts	Heidi El Tabakh Arina Rodionova	6-1 6-4
Winner	19.	2 April 2011	Pelham, United States	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Kimberly Couts Heidi El Tabakh	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	2R	1R			1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3–8
French Open		2R			1R		2R	3R	2R		5–5
Wimbledon		1R			1R	1R		2R	1R		1–5
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R		5–9
Win–Loss	1–2	1–4	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–3	3–3	4–4	2–4		14–27

External links

• Official website
• Līga Dekmeijere at the Women's Tennis Association
• Līga Dekmeijere at the Billie Jean King Cup
• ESPN Profile